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Delegates to Wildfire 2007 heard from the following speakers on a wide range of topics. You can download these presentations here, but please respect the author’s copyright. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the presentations - the software is free and can be downloaded here.
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| "excellent study into fire prevention management & prediction" |
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| Richard Gunton - Head of Recreation & Park Management, North York Moors National Park Authority | |
| Background to Wildfire 2007 Mark Jones, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Essex County Fire & Rescue Service & Chair, CTIF Forest Fires Commission |
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| Climate Change & the Implications for Wildfire
– a Global Perspective Nicola Golding, St. Johns College, Oxford |
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| Climate Change & the Implications for Wildfire
in the UK Karl Kitchen, Met Office & Dr Andy Moffat, Matthew Wilkinson & Dr Sebastian Lafont, Forest Research |
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| Fire & Rescue Services Act 2004 – A Lost
Opportunity for Forestry, Heathland and Agricultural Fire Management?
Rob Gazzard, Forestry Commission |
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| Modelling Fire Severity in the UK Karl Kitchen, Met Office |
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| Fire Beaters: Towards a Management and Wildfire
Forecasting System for the UK Dr Matt Davies, FireBeaters, Centre for the Study of Environmental Change and Sustainability, University of Edinburgh |
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| Increasing Water Supplies for Moorland Fire Fighting Jon Walker, Moors For the Future, Jonathan Aylen, Julia McMorrow, Sarah Lindley, School of Environment & Development, University of Manchester |
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| Moorland Management – A Water Company Perspective Miles Foulger, Yorkshire Water |
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| The Wildland Fire Systems Approach to Incident
Management – A Co-ordinated Response to Large Scale Incidents Lew Southard, US Forest Service Fire & Aviation Management |
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| Making Water Wetter Steve Smith, Solberg Scandinavian UK Ltd. |
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| Fylingdales Fire 2003 & Revegetation Project Rachel Pickering, North York Moors National Park Authority & Natural England |
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| Fylingdales 2003 and its Aftermath: Management
of the Historic Environment and Integration with Ecological Restoration Blaise Vyner, Blaise Vyner Consultancy (on behalf of English Heritage) |
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| Field Trip to Fylingdales Moor - Fire Restoration
Site Rachel Pickering / Blaise Vyner |
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| Working with Fire – Safety First Tim Russell & Andy Harris, Quantock Hills AONB Service |
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| Developing an England Wildfire Forum – Sector
Input Kate Hutchinson / Rob Gazzard |
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| Developing Prescribed Burning as a Management Tool Dr Matt Davies, FireBeaters |
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| The Performance of Wildfire Suppression Systems Ian Murgatroyd, Forest Research |
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| Fire Groups Case Study I - Peak District Fire Operations
Group Sean Prendergast, Peak District National Park Authority |
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| Fire Groups Case Study II - Northumberland Fire
Group Kate Hutchinson, Northwoods |
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| Fire Management in South West Australia Marc Barendrecht, Northwoods |
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| Educating the Public – 60 years of Smokey
Bear Lew Southard, US Forest Service Fire & Aviation Management |
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| European Perspectives – The EuroFire Project Michael Bruce, Global Fire Monitoring Center & Claire Glaister, Rural Development Initiatives Ltd. |
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| An England Wildfire Forum – Conference Feedback Kate Hutchinson/Rob Gazzard |
Promoting and sharing good practice in wildfire management